Nature

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

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Documentary
Family
Created By

George PageThomas Lovejoy

First Aired on

Oct 10, 1982

43 seaons till May 07, 2025

Popularity: 178.411
37 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Thirteen (US)Coneflower Films Studios (US)Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH (DE)Rubin Tarrant Productions (US)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Hummingbirds of Hollywood

Seasons & episodes

Total 43 seasons, 679 episodes

Specials

Aired

44 Episodes
  • Episode 1Why Bees Are Important53 min

    Scientists and bee experts discuss the crucial role that honeybees, a "keystone species," play in our economy and ecosystems, as well as bees' fascinating social organization and what we can do to reverse the decline of nature's pollinators.

  • Episode 2Best of Birds50 min

    This pledge period special airs throughout December, 2014 and contains segments from 16 of Nature's films about birds.

  • Episode 3A Life Among the Clouds: A NATURE Short Film50 min

    Join Lisa Dabek and her team with Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program as they journey into the remote cloud forests of Papua New Guinea. Meet one of the most elusive creatures you will ever see in the wild – the Matschie’s tree kangaroo. See how the local people are helping to protect this rare marsupial and its forest home.

  • Episode 4Running With The Herd: A NATURE Short Film50 min

    Biologist Jack Hogg has been studying a herd of wild bighorn sheep on Montana’s National Bison Range for more than 35 years. When Jack’s herd gets infected with a deadly form of pneumonia, he goes in search of answers.

  • Episode 5Living with Snow Leopards – Tashi’s Story: A NATURE Short Film50 min

    In the frigid Indian Himalayas, people manage to eke out a living alongside one of Asia’s most elusive cats: the snow leopard. Today there may be as few as 4,000 of these great cats remaining in the wild, and with the snow leopards‘ prey in decline, encounters between herders and the cat are on the rise. Explore this fragile relationship through the eyes of Tashi, a local goat herder, and learn how his village has partnered with the Snow Leopard Trust to find ways to both live with and save one of the rarest cats on Earth.

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